Father Of The Day Award: Brent Troy Bartel

Brent Troy Bartel called 911 just after midnight to inform the authorities that he had carved a massive pentagram into his 6 year-old son’s back.

Richland Hills police say a man is in custody for carving a pentagram into the back of his six-year-old boy.

Department spokesman Sgt. Nathan Stringer said officers were dispatched to a home in the 3700 block of Ruth Road after a man called 911 just after midnight Wednesday and said “I shed some innocent blood.” The dispatcher asked what he meant and the man responded, “I inscribed a pentagram on my son.”

When asked why, the caller said, “Because it’s a holy day” and hung up the phone.

To make things worse, he did it with a box cutter:

When officers arrived, they found the boy standing in the home, shivering in pajama pants without a shirt. The pentagram covered much of the boy’s back, Stringer said. Investigators found a box cutter nearby and believe it was what Bartel used, Stringer said.

“This is something you normally hear about in the movies, not something you expect to see,” Stringer said.